Right now, my biggest worry would be high levels of RF on the heater
control lines... My first step would be to bypass everything.
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On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 15:25 -0500, W5JR.Mike wrote:
> I wonder if Honeywell's similar product has similar issues?
>
> tnx
> Mike / W5JR
>
> > On Dec 3, 2013, at 3:22 PM, David Cole <dave@nk7z.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well... That crosses off a Nest Thermostat from my list of cool geeky
> > things to own... I had actually been thinking about one...
> > --
> > Thanks and 73's,
> > For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
> > www.nk7z.net
> > for MixW support see;
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
> > for Dopplergram information see:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
> > for MM-SSTV see:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 15:15 -0500, Larry Bryan wrote:
> >> Problem is they refuse to send another base and without it, the stat
> >> won't work.
> >>
> >> 73
> >> Larry - W8LIG
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:29 PM, David Cole <dave@nk7z.net> wrote:
> >> If it were mine, I would bypass it for RF. A call to Nest
> >> letting them
> >> know it is living in a high RF environment might be in
> >> order...
> >>
> >> Also, you might want to run some exposure calculations as
> >> well... :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Thanks and 73's,
> >> For equipment, and software setups and reviews see:
> >> www.nk7z.net
> >> for MixW support see;
> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info
> >> for Dopplergram information see:
> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info
> >> for MM-SSTV see:
> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Tue, 2013-12-03 at 13:09 -0500, Larry Bryan wrote:
> >>> I bought a NEST programmable thermostat in 2012 so I could
> >> monitor the
> >>> house while in Florida. It's worked very well until last
> >> month. I was
> >>> working 40m and after I was done, the wife wanted to know
> >> why the HVAC was
> >>> running and cold air coming out of the floor vents. I
> >> investigated and
> >>> found that both the AC and Heat was running and the
> >> thermostat was showing
> >>> the wrong temperature.
> >>>
> >>> Calling NEST the next day, I was informed that the base of
> >> the thermostat
> >>> has fusing and the fuse was blown. NEST sent a replacement
> >> base and after
> >>> installation, it was working again.
> >>>
> >>> Again last night while working a DXpedition on CW, I shut
> >> down and walked
> >>> into the family room to find the same thing had happened. My
> >> SteppIR is on
> >>> a tower directly adjacent to the house and it was raised to
> >> about 35 feet.
> >>>
> >>> So I'm looking for suggestions on how I can reduce the RF
> >> getting into the
> >>> thermostat. Obviously going back to an analog thermostat is
> >> a solution but
> >>> would like to make that the final solution if possible.
> >>> 73
> >>> Larry - W8LIG
> >>
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